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M.B. 1

14.2k airlinerbuilder  2.8 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on Walvis's Medium Bomber Challenge [CLOSED]

Hello everyone, After 1 or 2 months of building my most detailed bomber yet it is finally done.
- Characteristics
So, this plane (the Medium Bomber 1) Is a medium bomber with 2 jet engines inspired by the Arado jet bombers and other early jet Age bombers like the british canberra. It Is capable of reaching 675km/h consuming 3% of its fuel for a flight from bandit to wright carrying 14 50kg bombs. The crew Is formed by 5 people: a pilot, co-pilot, 2 "assistant members" (they take the role of medics and radio-operators) and a turret-operator/engineer.
- Lore (you can skip this if you want)
The jet Age was coming and the N.A.F. soon started a modernization plan to replace the old prop-fighters and bombers of their fleet. The First to be replaced were the fighters but the process for bombers has been slower because the N.A.F. also shifted attention to the type of bombers they wanted. Their First ever approach was to build large heavy bombers that could be used in small numbers during bombing operations, so large bombers like the B.A. 1 or the W.B. 1 were used in large numbers. But soon the focus was shifted to having faster bombers, not larger. This started with prop aircrafts and slowly progressed into the new jets. This plane wasn't part of the B.A. family because It was built by another company within the nation: Great Central Aviation. That was chosen for having more experience with jet engines than Marcus aircraft. The aircraft performed really well even if It had some strange design choises like the split cabin that could only communicate with radios because of the bomb bay and a nose that allowed really good lateral visibility but made It hard to see straight in front. It gained the name "streamlined destroyer" for its streamlined and modern look. They soon became an important part of the fleet and a total of 350 were built with 105 being lost in battle.
- Controls
All the controls are as always inside the in-game aircraft instructions.

Hope you like this design and have a great flight :)

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Medium Bomber Challenge [CLOSED]
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 104.5ft (31.9m)
  • Length 80.2ft (24.4m)
  • Height 28.9ft (8.8m)
  • Empty Weight 28,578lbs (12,963kg)
  • Loaded Weight 66,617lbs (30,217kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.619
  • Wing Loading 50.2lbs/ft2 (245.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,327.5ft2 (123.3m2)
  • Drag Points 30216

Parts

  • Number of Parts 511
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 2,773